Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
J. D. SALINGERListen, if you’re not going to be a nun or something, you might as well laugh.
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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I don’t even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.
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I was sixteen then, and I’m seventeen now, and sometimes I act like I’m about thirteen. Sometimes, I act a lot older than I am–I really do. But people never notice it. People never notice anything.
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I love to write and I assure you I write regularly. But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it.
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The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
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Where do the ducks go in the winter?
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Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.
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People are mostly hot to have a discussion when you’re not.
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I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door.
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I told her I loved her and all. It was a lie, of course, but the thing is, I meant it when I said it. I’m crazy. I swear to God I am.
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If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she’s late? Nobody.
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Don’t hate me because I can’t remember some person immediately. Especially when they look like everybody else, and talk and dress and act like everybody else.
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I’m sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
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Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.
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People never notice anything.
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I’m up to my ears in unwritten words.
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